Ever Present: a lesson on comparative histories

What can be learnt when First Peoples' art from Australia and Southeast Asia are placed in conjunction?

Heralded as Asia’s largest exhibition of First Nations art from Australia, Ever Present: First Peoples Art of Australia at National Gallery Singapore is an extensive survey drawing on the National Gallery of Australia and The Wesfarmers Collection of Australian Art.

The exhibition also includes two special commissions: Jonathan Jones’ Untitled (walam-wunga.galang) and an iteration of Richard Bell’s Embassy.

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Celina Lei is ArtsHub's former Content Manager. She has previously worked across global art hubs in Beijing, Hong Kong and New York in both the commercial art sector and art criticism. She took part in drafting NAVA’s revised Code of Practice - Art Fairs, and was the project manager of ArtsHub’s diverse writers initiative, Amplify Collective. Celina is based in Naarm/Melbourne. Instagram: @lleizy_